Isaac Ernest Keeling
Service Number
203414
Military Unit
1/5th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
03 Mar 1917 (29 years old)
Place of Birth
Radford Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
In 1911 he was a French polisher.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
He was known as 'Ernest'. He was the eldest son of Isaac and Charlotte Hannah Keeling and the brother of Henry, Edith and John Thomas keeling. In 1911 they lived at 133 Burford Road and later at 21 Ayr Street Forest Road (both Nottingham).
Military History
He died of shrapnel wounds and is buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty (grave ref VI.B.4).
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post notice (abridged) 12 March 1917: 'Keeling. Died of multiple shrapnel wounds on March 3rd, Private IE Keeling (Ernest), Sherwood Foresters, eldest son of Mr and Mrs S Keeling, 21 Ayr Street, Forest Road. Father, mother, sister, brothers Harry and Jack.'
Photographs
Isaac Ernest Keeling
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking his grave at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas de Calais, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle